Raab Family

Raab Family Tree

The Raabs and the Koppelmans are doubly related: via John Harman Koppelman’s daughter Anna Mina Koppelman’s marriage to George P. Raab, and by Goldie T. Raab’s marriage to Charles Dietrich Koppelman, the son of Henry L. Koppelman (John Harman Koppelman’s brother). Many Raabs worshiped at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church on Belair Road at Plumer Avenue, in a neighborhood once known as Fullerton, and may be buried in the church’s cemetery.[1]

Pankranz Raabe (b. approx. 1833, Strassgich (sp?), Bavaria; d. abt 1877, Baltimore Co., MD[2]) m. Barbara Lehuetz (b. approx. 1831, Nendorf, Bavaria) According to the 1910 census, the Raabs immigrated to Baltimore in 1860; 1859 according to the 1930 census. A May 15, 1860 passenger list from the ship Columbia, bound from Bremen to Baltimore, contains a family headed by Pankrantz Raabe, laborer, age 28, with a wife Barbara, age 26, a son Pankrantz, age 2. Also in the party was a 15-year-old girl whose first name is unreadable, possibly Pankranz’ sister.

Although the passenger manifest lists their country of origin as Prussia, their names and ages match the family headed by Bengratz Raub that appears in the 1870 census of Towsontown. In 1870, they gave their place of origin as Bavaria. Bengratz or Pankranz was by then a market farmer and was already a U.S. citizen. In the 1880 census, Barbara is a widow. It is likely that they were Catholic, since this was the faith of many of their descendants. They are probably buried in the cemetery of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church on Belair Road, Fullerton, Baltimore Co., MD, but their graves have not yet been located. They had seven children: Benjamin J. (sometimes appearing as Bengratz or Pankranz; b. 1858, Bavaria), George (b. 1862, MD), Peter (b. 1863, MD), Marie (b. 1866, MD), Teresa (b. 1869, MD), Annie (b. 1870, MD), and John Andrew (b. 1873, MD)[3]:

1. Bengratz or Benjamin J. Raub (b. approx. 1858, Bavaria) m.

Anna M. Zang approx. 1894 (b. abt. 1878, MD) According

to the 1910 census, Benjamin was a mason who worked on

wells. They lived on Hamilton Avenue in the 14^th district.

Annie had had six children, of whom five were alive at that

time; by 1920, she had three more children, and Benjamin was

working as a night watchman[4]. Seven children have been

identified: George B., Edward J. (b. abt. 1899), Marie (b.

1902), George J. (b. 1905), Anna (b. abt. 1908), William (b.

abt. 1911), and Madeleine (b. abt. 1915):

a. George B. Raab (b. 15 Jan 1896, Baltimore Co., MD; d. 15

Sept 1944, Baltimore, MD[5]) m. Magdalene approx. 1912

(b. approx. 1892, MD; d. before 1944) In 1930, they lived

on N. Regester St., in the 8^th Ward. George was employed

as motorman on a streetcar. At the time of his death, he

lived at 1321 N. Milton Avenue. He is buried at Holy

Redeemer Catholic Cemetery, Belair Road and Moravia

Avenue, Baltimore. As of the 1930 census, they had two

children[6]:

1. Bertha M. Raab (b. November 23, 1916, Baltimore,

MD; January 11, 1999, Baltimore, MD[7])

2. Andrew Raab (b. approx. 1924, Baltimore, MD)

b. Edward John Raab (b. approx. 1899, Baltimore Co., MD)

During WWI, Edward served in the Meuse-Argonne as a

private, first with Company 6 of the Maryland Infantry and

then with several other companies before he was

honorably discharged on June 2, 1919.[8] In 1920, he

continued at home, unmarried. In 1930, he had married

Margaret M. Bayner (?) (b. approx. 1901, MD), and had

a job a motorman on a streetcar. They and their three

children were living with her parents, Frederick Bayner

(b. approx. 1872, MD), who was employed as a laborer in

a brickworks, and Mary R. Bayner(b. approx. 1877, MD),

on Light Street, in the city[9]. They had three children,

Edward, Juanita, and Agnes:

1. Edward John Raab, Jr. (b. May 29, 1921, Baltimore,

MD; d. December 9, 1993, Baltimore, MD[10]) He

enlisted in the army in 1943.

2. Juanita D. Raab (b. approx.1926, Baltimore, MD; d.

December 13, 1944, Baltimore, MD[11])

3. Agnes M. Raab (b. approx. 1929, Baltimore, MD)

c. Marie Barbara Raab (b. 26 June 1902, Baltimore Co.,

MD[12]) Baptized St. Anthony of Padua RCC, Gardenville.

In 1930, she was employed as a machine operator in

a shirt factory.

d. George Joseph Raab (b. 16 July 1905, Baltimore Co.,

MD[13]) Baptized St. Anthony of Padua RCC, Gardenville.

e. Anna Raab (b. approx. 1908, Baltimore Co., MD)

f. William Raab (b. approx. 1911, Baltimore Co. MD)

g. Madeleine Raab (b. approx. 1915, Baltimore Co., MD)

2. George Raab (b. November 1862, MD) m. approx. 1881

Louisa Agnes Paul (b. November 1862, MD; d. August 12,

1957), the daughter of Mary A. Paul (b. Jan. 1832, Germany;

immigrated 1855) George Raab farmed in the 11^th district. The

1915 Bromley Atlas of Baltimore County shows the George

Raab farm in that district on Belair Road, at White Marsh

Run. By 1910, George and Mary had had 13 children, of

whom nine survived[14]:

a. Mary A. Raab (b. April 1882, Baltimore Co., MD)

b. George P. Raab (b. January 31, 1883, Baltimore Co.,

MD[15]; d. March 16, 1960) When he registered for the draft

in 1917, he was employed as a chaffeur.

c. Anthony Joseph Raab (b. February 13, 1886, Baltimore

Co., MD[16]) m. Catherine S. Beck (b. May 15, 1891, MD;

d. January 1967, Baltimore, MD[17]) In 1930, they were

living on Oliver Street, in the 8^th Ward. Anthony was

employed as an apartment building superintendent.

Anthony and Catherine are buried in the cemetery of St.

Joseph’s Catholic Church, Fullerton, Baltimore Co.. They

had six children[18]:

1. Elmer G. Raab (b. July 5, 1910, Baltimore, MD; d.

March 25, 1990, Baltimore, MD[19])

2. Margaret A. Raab (b. approx. 1914, Baltimore, MD)

3. Norman N. Raab (b. April 21, 1916, Baltimore, MD; d.

January 3, 1995, Baltimore, MD[20])

4. Dolores M. Raab (b. approx. 1920, Baltimore, MD)

5. Lorraine M. Raab (b. approx. 1922, Baltimore, MD)

6. Wilmer Charles Raab (b. approx. 1926, Baltimore,

MD) Wilmer served in the U.S. Navy during World

War II.[21]

d. Joseph B. Raab (b. February 1888, Baltimore Co., MD)

e. John Andrew Raab (b. August 9, 1890, Baltimore Co.,

MD; d. December 15, 1938, Baltimore Co., MD[22]) In 1930,

he was widowed, working as a carpenter, and living near

his parents on Belair Road with his four children:

1. Edwin J. Raab (b. March 6, 1913, Baltimore Co. MD;

d. September 20, 1999, Baltimore, MD[23])

2. Katherine Raab (b. approx. 1916, Baltimore Co., MD)

3. William J. Raab (b. June 22, 1921, Baltimore Co. MD;

d. February 28, 1945) He enlisted in U.S. Army, 1942,

served as a technical sergeant, and was killed in action;

He is buried in Baltimore National Cemetery, on

Frederick Road.[24]

4. John Elmer Raab (b. approx. 1925, Baltimore Co.,

MD) May have served as a sergeant in the U.S. Army

during WW II.[25]

f. Charles Alphonsus Raab (b. April 24, 1892, Baltimore

Co., MD[26]; m. Anna F. (b. approx. ) In 1917, when he

registered for the draft, he was working as a carpenter with

his father and a brother. In 1920, he and his family were

living on W. Baltimore St., in the city, where he had a job

as a meat-cutter[27]:

1. Gertrude C. Raab (b. approx. 1917, Baltimore, MD)

2. Charles Alphonsus Raab, Jr. (b. July 13, 1918,

Baltimore, MD; d. July 1983) Served in the U.S. Army

during WW II as a PRC.[28]

g. Barbara Raab (b. April 1895, Baltimore Co., MD)

h. Louisa Raab (b. June 1899, Baltimore Co., MD; possibly

died before 1910)

i. Amelia L. Raab (b. June 4, 1899, Baltimore Co., MD; d.

October 24, 1991, Perry Hall, Baltimore Co., MD) m.

Michael A. Kahl(e) (b. February 14, 1897, Perry Hall,

MD; d. February 25, 1954, Perry Hall, MD ) January 7,

1920, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Fullerton, MD.

Michael was the son of Henry Kahl (b. January 19, 1857,

Perry Hall, Baltimore Co. MD; d. July 22, 1904, Fullerton,

Baltimore Co., MD) and Barbara C. Noppenberger Kahl

(b. December 12, 1869, Perry Hall; d. September 21, 1947,

Perry Hall). In 1930, Amelia and Michael were living on

Joppa Road, in the 11^th District. Michael was working as a

carpenter. They had four children[29]:

1. Marie L. Kahl (b. January 10, 1921, Baltimore Co.,

MD; d. November 27, 1998, Baltimore, MD) m.

Schott[30]

2. Ruth Mary Kahl (b. January 22, 1923, MD)

3. Mildred Madeleine Kahl (b. approx. 1927, Baltimore

Co., MD)

4. Michael Joseph Kahl (b. March 28, 1929; d. December

9, 1998, Baltimore, MD[31])

j. Henry Raab (b. approx. 1905, Baltimore Co., MD)

3. Peter Raab (b. January 1863, MD; possibly d. February 26,

1916, Baltimore Co., MD[32]) m. 1) Emilie Brockmeyer approx.

1890 (b. June 1872, MD; possibly d. September 28, 1900,

Baltimore Co., MD[33]); 2) Anna Brockmeyer (b. April 1879,

MD), Emilie’s sister, on February 4, 1901 Peter Raab was a

stonemason. Emilie and Peter are buried at St. Joseph’s

Catholic Church, Fullerton, MD. They had five children, of

whom only three survived in 1900;[34] Peter and Anna had nine

more children. With Emilie:

a. George Peter Raab (b. March 5, 1891, Baltimore Co.,

MD[35]; d. 1953, Baltimore, MD) m. Anna Mina (Minnie)

Koppelman (June 4, 1888, Baltimore Co., MD; d. January

1980, Baltimore, MD[36]) approx. 1917. George P. Raab was

a mason, like his father. As he was Catholic and she was

from a Lutheran family, Mina had to defy her father to

marry. Her daughter, Edna, and granddaughter, Patricia,

remember Mina as a quiet, patient, and affectionate

woman and a loving mother. George and Mina are buried

in Parkwood Cemetery, Parkville, MD.

b. John Peter Raab (b. October 5, 1893, Baltimore Co., MD;

d. 1956, Baltimore Co., MD) m. Lula Otillia Christ (b. 2

Sept 1900; d. 21 Dec 1965, MD) John served in the

Meuse-Argonne in France during WW I, with Company D

of the 313^th Infantry, and rose to the rank of sergeant. He

farmed on Sinclair Lane, off Belair Road, and on Harford

Road in Glen Arm, MD. John and Lula are buried in

Parkwood Cemetery, Parkville, MD.[37] They had five

children, Mildred, Angella, James, Louise, and Edwin:

1. Mildred Raab (b. abt. 1923, Baltimore, MD)

2. Angella Raab (b. abt. 1925, Baltimore, MD)

3. James Raab (b. abt. 1926, Baltimore, MD)

4. Louise Raab (b. abt. 1928, Baltimore, MD)

5. Edwin Raab (b. abt. 1930, Baltimore, MD)

c. Amelia Raab (b. July 1893, Baltimore Co., MD; d.

November 6. 1894, Baltimore Co., MD) Buried at St.

Joseph’s Catholic Church.

d. Anna Raab (b. 1895; d. May 2, 1897, Baltimore Co., MD)

Buried at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.

e. Gregory George Raab (b. March 18, 1898, Baltimore Co.,

MD)[38] m. Elizabeth C. approx. 1920 (b. September 18

1901, MD; d. August 1971, Severna Park, Anne Arundel

Co., MD)[39] Gregory worked as a cement and block

masonry contractor. In 1920, he was living with and

working for his brother George P. Raab. He must have

married the same year. By 1930. Gregory and Elizabeth

had four children under the age of 10:[40]

1. Joseph G. Raab (b. December 28, 1920, Baltimore,

MD; d. July 1968, Baltimore, MD[41]) Joseph G. Raab

was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1942.

2. Annabell E. Raab (b. approx. 1923, Baltimore, MD)

3. Margaret C. Raab (b. approx. 1924, Baltimore, MD)

4. John M. Raab (b. March 13,1928, Baltimore, MD; d.

May 22, 1994, MD[42]) m. Dorothy L. (b. 1930) His

remains are interred at Parkwood Cemetery, Parkville,

MD.

With Anna Brockmeyer, Peter Raab had eight more

children:

f. Charles Alphonsus Raab (d. July 13, 1903, aged 19 mo.)

Buried at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.

g. Charles Alphonsus Raab (b. approx. 1904, Baltimore Co.,

MD; same as above?)

h. Anna Mary Raab (b. approx. 1906, Baltimore Co., MD)

i. Francesca (Frances) Agnes Raab (b. approx. 1907,

Baltimore Co., MD)

j. Peter Andrew Raab (b. approx. 1910, Baltimore Co.,

MD)

k. George Aloysius Raab (d. July 16, 1912, aged 17 mo.)

Buried at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.

l. Christina Raab (b. approx. 1924, Baltimore Co., MD)

m. Frederick Warren Raab (b. approx. 1925, Baltimore Co.,

MD)

4. Marie E. Raab (b. approx. 1866, MD)

5. Teresa Raab (b. approx. 1869, MD) m. Joseph Plumer

approx. 1887 (b. approx. 1865, MD) The Plumers, who lived

on Hazelwood Avenue in the 14^th district in 1910, were near

neighbors of Teresa’s brother Benjamin Raab’s family. Joseph

Plumer was a truck farmer, and later, operated a sand and

gravel business. There is still a Plumer Avenue directly across

Belair Road from St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.Teresa and

Joseph Plumer had 12 children, of whom only seven survived

to 1910 [43] and eight to 1920:

a. Annie Plumer (b. approx. 1889, Baltimore Co., MD)

b. Edward Henry Plumer (b. October 4, 1891, Baltimore

Co., MD[44]) m. Anna M. (b. October 1, 1898, MD; d. April

1982, Baltimore, MD[45]) Edward began as a cashier at the

Overlea Bank, but by 1930, he had become a lawyer in

private practice. He and Anna raised three sons on

Bayonne Avenue, in the 26^th Ward, Edward, Joseph, and

Paul:

1. Edward Francis Plumer, Sr. (b. July 10, 1924,

Baltimore, MD; d. January 19, 2002, Baltimore, MD) m.

Mary Zellhofer; Edward served as an Army tank

commander in the Pacific Theater during World War

II, mustering out with the rank of sergeant. He earned a

degree in economics from the University of Dayton in

1950. He was a manager at Bethlehem Steel, Sparrows

Point, where he supervised the open-hearth unit. He

had previously worked at American Can Company in

Canton, where helped organize a labor union. He was

an active member of St. Pius X Catholic Church in

Baltimore County. He and Mary had three sons,

Edward, James, and Andrew[46]:

a. Edward Francis Plumer, Jr.

b. James J. Plumer

c. Andrew Gerard Plumer

2. Joseph F. Plumer (b. approx. 1928, Baltimore, MD)

3. Paul J. Plumer (b. February 1930, Baltimore, MD)

c. John Joseph Plumer (b. February 8, 1895, Baltimore Co.,

MD) m. Matilda; In the 1940s, John worked for the Contee

Concrete Co. in Laurel, MD; he and Matilda lived in

Arbutus.[47]

d. Marie Plumer (b. approx. 1899, Baltimore Co., MD)

e. Joseph Plumer Jr. (b. October 31, 1902, Baltimore Co.,

MD; d. October 1980, Baltimore, MD[48])

f. Agnes Plumer (b. approx. 1905, Baltimore Co., MD)

g. Teresa Plumer (b. approx. 1908, Baltimore Co., MD)

h. Charles Plumer (b. approx. 1913, Baltimore Co., MD)

6. Annie Raab (b. approx. 1870, MD)

7. John Andrew Raab (b. July 24, 1873, Baltimore Co., MD m.

Alberta Barbara Harpel, also called Berta or Bertha, on

February 18, 1895 (b. 1875, MD; d. 1947, MD) According to

the 1920 census, John A. Raab was a truck farmer on Putty

Hill Road, in the 9^th district. They are buried in the cemetery

of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Fullerton, Baltimore Co., MD.

John and Alberta had nine children, at least three of whom

died in childhood and are buried with their parents[49]:

a. Mary Barbara Raab (1895-1895, Baltimore Co., MD)

Buried at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.

b. Goldie T. Raab (b. September 2, 1897, Baltimore Co.,

MD; d. January 1976, Baltimore, MD) m. Charles

Dietrich Koppelman[50]. They are buried at Parkwood

Cemetery, Parkville, MD.

c. Mary Anna Raab

d. William Joseph Raab (b. approx. 1902, Baltimore Co.,

MD)

e. Alberta Barbara Raab (b. 1904, Baltimore Co., MD; d.

1923, Baltimore Co., MD) Buried at St. Joseph’s Catholic

Church

f. John George Raab (b. approx. 1906, Baltimore Co., MD)

g. Irene Anna Raab (b. approx. 1909, Baltimore Co., MD)

h. Harold George Raab (b. November 7, 1913, Baltimore

Co, MD; d. February 7, 1979, Taneytown, Carroll Co.,

MD) m. Edna A. O’Loughlin (b. March 25, 1917, MD; d.

March 25, 1995, Taneytown, Carroll Co., MD)[51] They are

buried in Parkwood Cemetery, Parkville, MD.[52] Edna and

Harold Raab had three sons:

1. Harold J. Raab (b. October 5, 1943, MD)

2. Edward C. Raab (b. July 30, 1948, MD)

3. Harold G. Raab (b. September 1, 1949, MD)

i. Lingard Peter Raab (1913-1913, Baltimore Co., MD)

Buried at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.